Elitsa Kostova vs Nao HibinoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇬Elitsa Kostova
Unranked · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
272w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇯🇵Nao Hibino
#196 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3wElitsa Kostova and Nao Hibino have met 1 time since 2018; Elitsa Kostova leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kostova has taken 2 sets to Hibino's 0. Their most recent meeting: Elitsa Kostova won at Bogota (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kostova | Hibino | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elitsa Kostova | Nao Hibino | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 81% | 26/32 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 29% | 7/24 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 23% | 13/56 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 67% | 18/27 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 43% | 10/23 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 73% | 8/11 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 88% | 29/33 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 79% | 26/33 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kostova 1, Hibino 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kostova
⚙️ Grinder
Hibino
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 68% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,247 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Nao Hibino.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Apr 11, 2018
Bogota
C Clay · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kostova | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.11 |
| ROI % | - | -22.9% |
| Units P/L | - | -2.97u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kostova | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 4 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | SGP |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Arantxa Rus
Belgrade - Belgrade · 1st Round
Jul 27
Martina Di Giuseppe
Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Aug 31
Varvara Lepchenko
Bogota · Round of 32
Apr 10
Marketa Vondrousova
Gstaad · Round of 16
Jul 19
Anna Kalinskaya
Gstaad · Round of 32
Jul 18
Dalila Jakupovic
Bogota · Round of 16
Apr 12
Nao Hibino
Bogota · Round of 32
Apr 11
Caroline Garcia
Gstaad · Round of 32
Jul 19
Maria Sakkari
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Kristina Mladenovic
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 21
Aoi Ito
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Kai Ning Chanya Ng
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Magdalena Frech
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 14
Nadiya Kichenok
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 13
Sofiia Bielinska
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 12
Anastasia Tikhonova
Kia Open - Barranquilla · 2nd Round
Sep 9
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 57–57 matches
| Metric | Kostova | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 56% |
| Sets won | - | 56% |
| Games won | - | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kostova | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kostova | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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